Overall Green alert Flood
in Greece

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102892
Death: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: Greece
From - To 10 Sep - 20 Sep

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Crete Region, Greece, Mid-September 2024Local media in Greece reported heavy rain triggered a landslide in the Samaria National Park on the island of Crete on 18 September.Fri 20 Sep 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

Lamda Development: How the commercial & infrastructure projects in Hel.. 9/23/2024 5:14:00 PM.

By the end of the month, the excavations for the country’s largest shopping center, which will be ready in 2027 within the Hellinikon project , are expected to be completed, while in the infrastructure sector, namely the flood protection wo
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Land burnt in Greece in 2024 was 24% less than the average for the las.. 9/23/2024 12:44:00 PM.

He stated that the amount of forest burnt in 2024 was just 1,430 hectares, down from an average of 11,600 hectares of forest burnt in the last 20 years. Despite facing 4,500 fires in what experts agreed was the toughest fire season of the
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Flood: EU mobilises over €1bn in disaster relief 9/23/2024 12:19:00 PM.

BRUSSEL (Sundiata Post) – European Union countries agreed on Monday on more than one billion euros (1.1 billion U.S. dollars) in disaster relief to five member-countries struck by major floods in 2023. The money from the EU Solidarity Fund
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Flood: EU Mobilises Over €1 Billion In Disaster Relief 9/23/2024 12:16:00 PM.

European Union countries agreed on Monday on more than one billion euros (1.1 billion U.S. dollars) in disaster relief to five member-countries struck by major floods in 2023. The money from the EU Solidarity Fund is to go to Italy, Sloveni
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),